Prof. Alan Reid

Biography & Abstract:

Alan Reid contributes to environmental and sustainability education research networks, locally and internationally. Key work include editing the research journal, Environmental Education Research, supporting the Global Environmental Education Partnership, an international stakeholder network, and examining education’s role in the Sustainable Development Goals. 

UN’s Climate Convention Article 6 and Paris Agreement Article 12 emphasise six climate solution elements: climate change education and public awareness, training, public participation, and access to information, and international cooperation on these matters. At COP26, Parties adopted the 10-year Glasgow work programme on Action for Climate Empowerment, prioritizing four action areas: 1) policy coherence, 2) coordinated action, 3) tools and support, and 3) monitoring, evaluation, and reporting. This presentation surveys progress to date, and ways forward, in light of recent scholarship on barriers to, and drivers of, climate solutions.